List of riots in Leeds
Throughout its history Leeds has had several riots, often recurring in the same areas. Below is a list of recorded riots that have taken place.[1] The most famous of these is perhaps the 1981 Chapeltown riot, which took place the same time as riots in London (Brixton), Birmingham (Handsworth) and Liverpool (Toxteth).
- 1735 Corn price riot
- 1753 The turnpike riots
- 1754 Holbeck Chapel Riot
- 1800 Corn price riot
- 1811 Corn price riot
- 1842 The Chartist and Plug riots in Holbeck and Hunslet
- 1844 The Military riot
- 1865 Leeds dripping riot
- 1890 The Gasworkers riot
- 1893 Morley miners' riot
- 1908 The suffragette riot
- 1917 An anti-Jewish riot, Quarry Hill
- 27 September 1936 The Battle of Holbeck Moor
- 1975 Chapeltown riot (1975)
- 11 July 1981 Chapeltown riot (1981)
- 22 June 1987 Chapeltown riot (1987)
- 1995 Hyde Park Riot
- 2001 Harehills riot
- 2002 Leeds Festival riots
- The 2011 England riots saw "pockets of disorder" in Leeds[2][3][4]
References
- ^ "Riots in Leeds". Ford Maguire Society.
- ^ "London riots: the third night – Monday 8 August 2011". The Guardian. 8 August 2000. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
- ^ "Man shot in face in Leeds". Yorkshire Post. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
- ^ "Chapeltown shooting: Police tackle 'pockets of disorder'". BBC News. 9 August 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
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Riots in England
- 1189–1190 Massacres of the Jews
- The revolt of 1196
- 1355 St Scholastica Day riot
- 1381 Peasants' Revolt
- 1517 Evil May Day
- 1668 Bawdy House riots
- 1809 Old Price riots
- 1816 Spa Fields riots
- 1816 Ely and Littleport riots
- 1819 Peterloo Massacre
- 1821 Cinderloo Uprising
- 1830 Swing riots
- 1831 reform riots
- 1832 Days of May
- 1838 Battle of Bossenden Wood
- 1842 Pottery Riots
- 1865 Leeds dripping riot
- 1866 Hyde Park demonstration
- 1887 Bloody Sunday
- 1896 Newlyn riots
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